TBRI Essentials
Trust-Based Relational Intervention Courses
The following courses feature TBRI® content, which provides practical insights into parenting children who have experienced loss and trauma.
Class 55:
Introduction to TBRI
Trust-Based Relational Intervention is at the heart of Families are Forever courses. In this FREE Introductory Course you’ll discover the beginnings of TBRI, the benefits of a trauma-informed approach, and how this knowledge can assist in the healing process for a child with a history of trauma.
Class 101:
Preparing for the Journey of Adoption
In this class, we’ll explore Dr. Karyn Purvis’ “7 Insights and 7 Gifts” that you can give your child. We draw heavily from Dr. Purvis’ and her colleague, Dr. David Cross’ work throughout this TBRI-centered program and their words will inspire you for the journey ahead. This video introduces the challenges of adoption and the ways you can empower your child to trust and heal.
2 Hours • $35
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Class 102
Introduction to Trust-Based Relational Intervention®
This class lays the foundation for most of the Trust-Based Relational Intervention teachings of this entire program. TBRI is a proven method for enriching the lives of at-risk, vulnerable children, adolescents, and their families. Much of the information that we’ll examine will be drawn from this material, which includes a 40 minute “TBRI Overview” video.
2 Hours • $35
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Class 104
Understanding Children’s Development
The mystery of how a child becomes the small person we meet begins with their developing brain and body—how does this development affect their emotional and behavioral make up? In this course, we’ll learn from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development’s 90-minute video “Children from Hard Places and the Brain.” This video covers topics such as institutionalization and development, and challenges us to think about what it means to come from a hard place. This TBRI-focused teaching will start your exploration of what we hope will be a life-long desire to learn just ‘how and why’ children are who they are, and how we as parents, caregivers and professionals can be an enormous part of their healing. We’ll cover how the brain develops, the impact of loss, trauma and institutionalization and how we can help change a child’s brain development through attachment.
2.25 Hours • $35
Enroll in Class 104
Class 106
Understanding Attachment
In this class, we will look at what healthy attachment looks like and how our attachment styles as parents, caregivers and professionals can ease our relationship with a child. Understanding attachment is an important part of every relationship—the 90 minute “Attachment–Why It Matters Part 1” video will give you the insights needed to start your own voyage of personal discovery, as well as give you practical TBRI tools for purposeful connection with any child.
2 Hours • $30
Enroll in Class 106
Class 107
Developing Attachment
The more you know about how to engage children in the ‘attachment dance,’ you’re able to bring, and the more peace there can be in your home. This course offers useful tools for engaging with a child with a history of trauma and loss. It includes the 60-minute video, “Attachment–Why It Matters Part 2.”
2.25 Hours • $35
Enroll in Class 107
Class 202
Healing and Healthy Touch
Science, and our own hearts tell us that everyone needs physical affection, but it can be difficult to know how to approach a child when touch has been absent or abusive in their lives. This course offers practical tools based in TBRI for how to be affectionate with a child with a history of trauma and loss, as well as how to recognize and bring healing to sexualized behavior and introduce a child to your family culture of healthy touch. The 40-minute TBRI video, “Healthy Touch” is included in this course.
2 Hours • $60
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Class 203
Exploring the Sensory World
This course explores the ways in which we experience the world through the 5 senses and different coping mechanisms for sensory overload. In this segment, we’ll also discuss the importance of respect for our own, as well as our children’s bodies. The 90-minute TBRI-focused video “A Sensory World” is included in this course.
2 Hours • $60
Enroll in Class 203
Class 207
Caregiving From a Secure Base
The longing to ‘belong’ is central to every heart. The practical, grace-filled examples of TBRI principles—empowering, connecting, and correcting—will become the bedrock of the foundation you are building as you care for children. The 120-minute video “Empowering, Connecting, Correcting” is included in this class.
3 Hours • $90
Enroll in Class 207
Class 302
TBRI for Teens: Connecting with Older Children
Meeting the needs and bonding with a teenager or an older child who has a history of trauma and loss, comes with its own set of challenges. A teen who is beginning to question their situation, identity and relationships can require a whole new list of best practices for parents, caregivers and professionals. In this course we’ll introduce the short video “Toxic Stress & the Brain” as well as the two-part series, “TBRI for Teens.”
2 Hours • $60
Enroll in Class 302
Class 303.1
TBRI: Empowering, Connecting, Correcting Part I
This course provides the practical examples and role-playing needed for parents, caregivers and professionals to learn how to empower children to physically and emotionally attune to a safe caregiver. You’ll come away with the tools and encouragement needed to connect with children in a meaningful, healthy way, while also learning strategies to help them course-correct when things get hard. The first session of the video “Empowering, Connecting, Correcting” is included in this course.
2 Hours • $60
Enroll in Class 303.1
Class 303.2
TBRI: Empowering, Connecting, Correcting Part II
This course continues the practical examples and role-playing needed for parents, caregivers and professionals to learn how to empower children to physically and emotionally attune to a safe caregiver. The second session of the video “Empowering, Connecting, Correcting” is also included in this course.
2 Hours • $60
Enroll in Class 303.2
Class 304
Facilitating Behavioral Change
Discover the science behind the behaviors of vulnerable children. Dr. Purvis provides dozens of examples of TBRI strategies to deal with the behaviors of the children you care for who’ve come to you after experiences of trauma and loss in their lives. It’s a joy to watch Dr. Purvis bring order, security, and contentment into tough situations with children. The 86-minute video “Facilitating Behavioral Change” is included in this course.
2 Hours • $60
Enroll in Class 304